Tour de France Femmes

Six riders miss time cut after Annemiek van Vleuten splinters field with early attack, five abandon and two don't start.

The abandon of Wiebes and failure of Koch to make it within the time cut means Labous has just Liane Lippert and Georgi Pfeiffer for support in the crucial final stage. Even the top climbers in the peloton, however, couldn’t help but shed chunks of time to Van Vleuten, who finished in 3:47:02. Only eight other riders on the stage managed to come over the line within ten minutes of the new race leader. Then there were the riders who tortured their bodies to make it to the end as fast as they could, but to no avail. They included Anne van Rooijen and Nicole Frain of Parkhotel Valkenburg, who the team said could not finish due to their injuries, while Gladys Verhulst (Le-Col Wahoo) also failed to make it to the end. There were 13 riders who stepped out of the Tour de France Femmes on the day of the 127.1km stage to Le Markstein Fellering, which included three category one climbs. “For me it was a real suffer day, I didn’t make it through today so that is the end of my Tour,” said Australian champion Frain in an interview with broadcaster SBS (opens in new tab). “There were big time gaps … so it shows how hard the day actually was.

Date: Sunday, July 30. Start: Lure Finish: La Super Planche des Belles Filles Distance: 123.3 km. The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift came and went in a ...

But the race is never over until it’s over, so we will have to wait and see. Next is the Ballon d’Alsace, 8.7 km long with a 6.9% average, but with some steeper sections. A few strong climbers are now so far behind Van Vleuten that Movistar might let them slip into a breakaway. Unfortunately, with the climbing starting already 50ish kilometres into the stage, there’s not a lot of time to gain a significant advantage before Annemiek van Vleuten hits the slopes. If we’re being honest, Annemiek van Vleuten is going to win. The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift came and went in a flash.

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But besides, it was health, not form, was the malady for Van Vleuten that day. Not only Van Vleuten, but any strong all-rounder, could rip up the race apart in one long TT. Van Vleuten showed in hilly races through the season she can unleash a “hail mary” move at any moment. When there’s a mountain, expect “miek” to be motoring. Van Vleuten’s ride Saturday was one rarely seen in pro cycling. Upon cancellation, you will have access to your membership through the end of your paid year.

Dutchwoman seals yellow jersey with solo victory on final stage. - Vollering best of the rest again to take second overall, Niewiadoma third. Refresh.

She's in the yellow jersey after her victory yesterday, and also has a full yellow custom Canyon bike for the occasion. Yesterday one had just formed ahead of the first climb but then Van Vleuten went on the attack and blew the whole race open. There's still perhaps a collective hangover from yesterday, when Annemiek van Vleuten left everyone punch-drunk on the first mountain stage of the race. The riders have left Lure and are rolling through the neutral zone. BikeExchange look to speed things up in the bunch and now a Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) attacks. It's a short little introduction, just 2.3km but at a vicious average gradient of 8.5% on the Côte d'Esmoulières. This is not ideal for Van Vleuten, who's still a fair way behind another group that was clipped off the back of the main bunch. Van Vleuten says gracias to Patiño and works her way through the breakaway remnants. Van Vleuten is down to one teammate. The one she started on just had yellow tape and accents. The big names are safely in the yellow jersey group, with Van Vleuten, Vollering, Niewiadoma, Labous, Ludwig, Persico, Longo Borghini, and Muzic all there. Van Vleuten springs out of the saddle once again.

SD Worx climber won't start final stage due to illness, leaving second-placed Demi Vollering down a valuable teammate.

Moolman Pasio cited an 'infection' as she revealed she would not be starting the final stage of the race on Sunday. Wishing my teammates lots of strength for the final stage!" to feeling totally empty in the space of only a few hours. Thanks to all those who made this happen," Moolman Pasio said. "Thank you for all the amazing support over the past few days! She was dropped from the main groups of contenders as Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) exploded the race on the first climb.

Annemiek van Vleuten survived multiple attacks and bike changes on the deciding stage to claim a historic win.

27km to go: The group of favourites speeds down the descent, and Van Vleuten is distanced, but only by a couple of seconds. 33km to go: The riders can start thinking about the final climb, “La Super Planche des Belles Filles”: It’s 7km long, with an average gradient of 8.7%, but it kicks up to 24% in places. This isn’t going to be nearly enough to make any kind of dent in the Dutchwomen’s overall lead. 21km to go: Now, Van Vleuten is pictured riding along serenely on a flat section and having a chat with a rider from a rival team. Garcia comes back, and over the top of Rooijakkers, and she is out front on her own ... but Van Vleuten pumps past her at the front! It’s 33 years since the women’s peloton had a Tour de France, and Van Vleuten’s name is going to be on top of the standings this evening. The yellow jersey, after a stressful day of bike changes and managing attacks from her rivals, leads the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes. This final climb will be all about who has managed to conserve the most energy over what has been a punishing week-long race. 12km to go: We have less than 5km to race until the foot of the final climb, or at least the official starting point, as the road has already kicked up. Niewiadoma said before the race she was aiming for the podium, so it’s looking likely to be mission accomplished. In fact the gap grows to 25secs. Van Vleuten had a massive lead in the GC after yesterday but that was far from a straightforward day.

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Will the super descenders, the likes of Vollering and Niewiadoma, try to test Van Vleuten's abilities? Van Vleuten is now the first rider on the road. They could come to regret that one... For her part, Van Vleuten hasn't lost much contact, but she is a few bike lengths off the back and is clearly less confident on this terrain. She makes sure to take her head unit with her. Mavi Garci fights to get on terms as the gradient rears up. The QOM looks to be in the bag. Mavi Garcia pushes on as far as she possibly can, but the catch seems inevitable and will come before much altitude has been attained. Over the top of Mavi Garcia, who spins the gear. The finish line is almost in sight, but it's going to feel like an age before they get there. Silvia Persico really wanted third on the stage and crossed the line ahead of Niewiadoma who held on for a fully earned podium place. The overall victory long gone, she wanted a stage as well as a jersey.

The Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten won the week-long race by 3min 48 sec and said after winning: 'You really feel the Tour is alive'

“I really have the feeling that we’re in the Tour de France, that we’re not a sideshow. On top of that, there are so many people watching us on the side of the road, that you really feel in every village you pass, that the Tour is alive.” Six kilometres from the finish, Van Vleuten bridged up to her Colombian teammate, Andrea Patino, and began accelerating through the remnants of the day’s nine-rider breakaway.

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) secured the overall victory at the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday, winning the eighth and final stage as well in another ...

She briefly linked up with her Movistar teammate Patiño from the break, who helped pull her along for a few moments, and after finally dropping Vollering, Van Vleuten had put all of the other GC hopefuls behind her. Van Vleuten ultimately caught, rode with, and then left lone leader García, and from that point on, the yellow jersey was alone out front. Her efforts helped whittle down the pack substantially, but she was unable to open much of a gap on the main GC hopefuls. 2. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD-Worx, at 3-48 Vollering went over the top of the ascent first to secure maximum QOM points – which would come in handy at the end of the day – and then attacks flew as the road continued to rise after the top of the official climb. Beyond Van Vleuten's wrapping up of yellow, Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) finished safely to secure the green jersey, Vollering's second-place performance on stage 8 earned her enough points to hold on the Queen of the Mountains jersey over Van Vleuten, and Shirin van Anrooij (Trek-Segafredo) won the young rider's jersey. 2. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD-Worx, at 30s Although second-placed Demi Vollering (SD Worx) gave chase with a handful of another notables in a small group further back, there would be no catching Van Vleuten. It was in that stretch that Van Vleuten ran into some difficulties. The escapees would not be given much breathing room, however, as the peloton kept the pace high on the downhill run-in to the second categorized climb of the day, the Ballon d'Alsace. With a little more than 50km to race, she suffered a mechanical, and then she underwent multiple bike changes in the aftermath. Within a few minutes, the day's main breakaway move had finally gone clear.

The 27-year-old American climbed two places on the final stage with performance on Planche des Belles Filles.

“I was mostly really hoping to give it my all and do my best and see how I’d fare among the top women in the world. Ewers arrived at the Tour de France Femmes on a run of good form that had seen her take her first two professional victories. “My hometown of Moscow, Idaho has a theater downtown that my aunt had them put “Go VK Ewers” on the billboard of the theater. “I really can’t express how overwhelming and exciting it is to see how many people are out supporting us, and partying on the mountains. It is not just roadside crowds that have been out in force and there has been a large amount of support coming through in the form of TV viewership. Knowing how terrified I was in the group on stage 1 and then feeling much more comfortable by the end of it, since I’m still learning how to navigate the peloton.”